Coulsdon Chess FIDE Rated Dicky White - January 2026
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66 players participated in this 4-round tournament, held from 05 Jan 2026 to 26 Jan 2026 in Coulsdon, England. 4 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1984, and top seed was Mark S Gray (🇬🇧 ENG, 2069).
Anuj Venkatesh (🇬🇧 ENG, 1849) won with 4.0/4, ahead of Ashwath Kumar Kota (3.0) and Aahna Kilambi (3.0). Venkatesh broke clear in the final round.
The biggest upset came in round 3: Jai Bhatia (1733) beat Ted Sami (1836), a +103-point gap.
Location
🇬🇧Coulsdon, England
Dates
05 Jan 2026 → 26 Jan 2026
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 4 rounds
Federations · 4 represented
🇬🇧England×59
🇬🇧Wales×2
🇬🇧Scotland×1
🇮🇳India×1
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 4 roundsAnuj Venkatesh led from R4; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up.
Co-leaders
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3
2
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R4–R4 · LEAD HELD
Anuj Venkatesh never relinquished the lead after R4; final gap +1.0 over the runner-up.
WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers
Anuj Venkatesh 4 wins (R1–R4)Andrew J McDonald 3 wins (R1–R3)
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Venkatesh, Anuj | 1849 | ENG | +22B | +23B | +28N | +24B | 4.0 | 3.0 | 4.0 | 4.00 | 2476 | +22.4 |
| 2 | Kota, Ashwath Kumar | 1596 | ENG | F | +15B | +22N | +7N | 3.0 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.50 | 2274 | +26.8 |
| 3 | Kilambi, Aahna | 1493 | ENG | =26B | =10N | +62B | +25B | 3.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 2.50 | 1743 | +39.2 |
| 4 | McDonald, Andrew J | 0 | ENG | +59N | +22N | +?N | — | 3.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.00 | 1593 | 0.0 |
| 5 | Woolley, Michael | 1463 | ENG | +8N | =16N | +27N | −12N | 2.5 | 5.5 | 6.5 | 3.75 | 1675 | +21.4 |
| 6 | Rosenbach, Martin | 1809 | ENG | =29N | +24N | +63B | — | 2.5 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1.50 | 1911 | +5.4 |
| 7 | Braithwaite, Paul | 1491 | ENG | +61N | +27N | −8B | −2B | 2.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 1.00 | 1506 | +1.4 |
| 8 | Cobby, Adam | 1429 | ENG | −5B | +31N | +7N | — | 2.0 | 4.5 | 5.5 | 3.00 | 1606 | +14.4 |
| 9 | Aiyyapan, Sudersen | 1461 | ENG | +60B | −25N | −11N | +15B | 2.0 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 1.50 | 1368 | -14.8 |
| 10 | Warner, Dominic W J | 1715 | ENG | F | =3B | =23N | +65N | 2.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 2.00 | 1718 | +0.6 |
| 11 | Zvaigzne, Janis | 1526 | ENG | F | +61B | +9B | −32N | 2.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 2.00 | 1646 | +9.6 |
| 12 | Darville, Matt | 1781 | ENG | F | +64N | F | +5B | 2.0 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.50 | 2410 | +12.0 |
| 13 | Snape, Ian L | 2055 | ENG | F | +30B | +38N | — | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.00 | 2628 | +9.0 |
| 14 | Denford, Les | 1526 | ENG | F | +60N | F | +59N | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2308 | +18.8 |
| 15 | Fazia, Salvatore | 1456 | ENG | =17B | −2N | +59N | −9N | 1.5 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 0.75 | 1442 | -2.0 |
| 16 | Khan, A Qaiyum | 1573 | ENG | F | =5B | +25B | −39N | 1.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 2.25 | 1630 | +2.8 |
| 17 | Nehra, Ishan | 1549 | ENG | =15N | F | +60N | −40B | 1.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 0.75 | 1440 | -12.4 |
| 18 | Kulkarni, Amit | 1893 | ENG | F | F | +26B | =51N | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.25 | 1957 | +7.2 |
| 19 | Narang, Ishaan | 1662 | ENG | F | +49N | F | =23B | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.00 | 1837 | +18.0 |
| 20 | Kota, Pavan Kumar | 1646 | ENG | F | +48B | F | =52N | 1.5 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.75 | 1826 | +9.4 |
| 21 | Andrew, Benjamin | 1824 | ENG | F | =37B | F | +66N | 1.5 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.50 | 1929 | +12.0 |
| 22 | FIDE 343479286 | 0 | — | −1N | −4B | −2B | +62B | 1.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 0.00 | 923 | 0.0 |
| 23 | Jayaprakash, Arnav | 1753 | ENG | F | −1N | =10B | =19N | 1.0 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 1.75 | 1617 | -21.6 |
| 24 | Siddhartha Shankar Srivastava | 1599 | IND | −42B | −6B | +61N | −1N | 1.0 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 0.00 | 1487 | -12.0 |
| 25 | Rosenbach, Philip | 1496 | ENG | F | +9B | −16N | −3N | 1.0 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 2.00 | 1384 | -17.6 |
| 26 | Pratley, Ian | 1644 | ENG | =3N | −33B | −18N | =54N | 1.0 | 5.5 | 6.0 | 1.75 | 1522 | -12.8 |
| 27 | Smyth, Sandy A | 1535 | ENG | +62B | −7B | −5B | −36B | 1.0 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 0.00 | 710 | -32.0 |
| 28 | Whicheloe, George | 0 | ENG | F | +36B | −1B | — | 1.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 1.00 | 1713 | 0.0 |
| 29 | Sami, Ted | 1836 | ENG | =6B | =50N | −34N | — | 1.0 | 3.5 | 4.0 | 1.50 | 1660 | -28.4 |
| 30 | Marsden, Rupert | 1923 | ENG | F | −13N | +41B | — | 1.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 1.00 | 2033 | +12.0 |
| 31 | Marsden, Oscar | 1490 | ENG | F | −8B | +48N | — | 1.0 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 0.50 | 1423 | -7.2 |
| 32 | Boztas, Lana | 1641 | ENG | F | F | F | +11B | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.00 | 2326 | +6.8 |
| 33 | Marshall, Chris | 1819 | ENG | F | +26N | F | −43B | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1.00 | 1786 | -1.6 |
| 34 | Bhatia, Jai | 1733 | ENG | F | F | +29B | −45B | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1.00 | 1899 | +17.2 |
| 35 | Gliddon, Daniel J | 1698 | ENG | F | +42N | F | −44B | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1.00 | 1725 | +1.2 |
| 36 | Collins, Michael E | 1576 | ENG | F | −28N | F | +27N | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1.00 | 2335 | +17.6 |
| 37 | Tirumala, Nandan | 1553 | ENG | F | =21N | F | =53N | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1.00 | 1677 | +12.0 |
| 38 | Jackson, Paul G | 1732 | ENG | F | F | −13B | +61N | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.00 | 1759 | +0.8 |
| 39 | Calvert, D Ian | 1931 | ENG | F | F | F | +16B | 1.0 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.50 | 2373 | +2.0 |
| 40 | Faulkner, Martin J | 1811 | ENG | F | F | F | +17N | 1.0 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.50 | 2349 | +3.6 |
| 41 | Baltrunas, Evaldas | 2011 | ENG | F | F | −30N | +50B | 1.0 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.50 | 1868 | -7.6 |
| 42 | Bermudez, Venerando | 1599 | ENG | +24N | −35B | — | — | 1.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 1.00 | 1649 | +2.8 |
| 43 | Rizvi, Nasir | 1928 | WLS | F | F | F | +33N | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.00 | 2619 | +7.0 |
| 44 | Papneja, Vedant | 1851 | ENG | F | F | F | +35N | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.00 | 2498 | +6.0 |
| 45 | Kumar, Arnav | 1961 | ENG | F | F | F | +34N | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.00 | 2533 | +8.4 |
| 46 | Howes, David J | 1597 | ENG | =48B | F | =49N | — | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.50 | 1476 | -6.6 |
| 47 | Chaturvedi, Arjun | 0 | ENG | F | +59B | — | — | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 1528 | 0.0 |
| 48 | Merrifield, Peter | 1417 | WLS | =46N | −20N | −31B | — | 0.5 | 2.5 | 3.5 | 0.50 | 1305 | -7.4 |
| 49 | Stoneman, Ian D | 1534 | ENG | F | −19B | =46B | — | 0.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 0.50 | 1437 | -4.8 |
| 50 | Heavens, Alan | 1812 | ENG | F | =29B | F | −41N | 0.5 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.50 | 1731 | -4.2 |
| 51 | Lees, Fraser A | 1882 | SCO | F | F | F | =18B | 0.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.75 | 1893 | +0.2 |
| 52 | Howell, Chris I | 1849 | ENG | F | F | F | =20B | 0.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.75 | 1646 | -5.2 |
| 53 | Cheriyath, Advay | 1529 | ENG | F | F | F | =37B | 0.5 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.50 | 1552 | +1.2 |
| 54 | Bloom, Paul | 1656 | ENG | F | F | F | =26B | 0.5 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.50 | 1644 | -0.4 |
| 55 | Smith, Mark | 1995 | ENG | F | F | F | =58B | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.25 | 1856 | -3.8 |
| 56 | Gray, Mark S | 2069 | ENG | F | F | F | =57B | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.25 | 2053 | -0.4 |
| 57 | Bharat Kumar, Balahari | 2053 | ENG | F | F | F | =56N | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.25 | 2069 | +0.8 |
| 58 | Ramdewar, Ishan | 1856 | ENG | F | F | F | =55N | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.25 | 1996 | +3.8 |
| 59 | Wimble, Gary | 1508 | ENG | −4B | −47N | −15B | −14B | 0.0 | 6.5 | 7.5 | 0.00 | 691 | -41.6 |
| 60 | Warner-Burley, Timothy | 0 | ENG | −9N | −14B | −17B | −?B | 0.0 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 0.00 | 734 | 0.0 |
| 61 | Nehra, Vinod | 1462 | ENG | −7B | −11N | −24B | −38B | 0.0 | 5.0 | 6.0 | 0.00 | 787 | -27.2 |
| 62 | FIDE 343479855 | 0 | — | −27N | F | −3N | −22N | 0.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 0.00 | 714 | 0.0 |
| 63 | FIDE 343488188 | 0 | — | F | F | −6N | — | 0.0 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 0.00 | 1009 | 0.0 |
| 64 | Dias, Leo | 1756 | ENG | F | −12B | — | — | 0.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.00 | 981 | -18.8 |
| 65 | Khan, Shasha | 1533 | ENG | F | F | F | −10B | 0.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.00 | 915 | -5.2 |
| 66 | Kumar, Sachin | 1918 | ENG | F | F | F | −21B | 0.0 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.00 | 1024 | -25.2 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Kilambi, AahnaENG+39.23.0 pts · #2
- 2Kota, Ashwath KumarENG+26.83.0 pts · #6
- 3Venkatesh, AnujENG+22.44.0 pts · #9
Top rating losers
- 1Wimble, GaryENG-41.60.0 pts · #62
- 2Smyth, Sandy AENG-32.01.0 pts · #59
- 3Sami, TedENG-28.41.0 pts · #38
Biggest upsets
- R3+103 Elo gap